Genarate trafficsorce for your webpages by visualhacks

This is an UPDATED list of 70(ish) traffic
sources for increasing your website traffic
for webmasters of all experience levels.
Whether you have just registered your first
site and have no idea of where to get
traffic from or you’re just looking for a
few more sources which you haven’t
thought of before, there will be something
to be learned from this list.
Note that I’ve broken these up into very
rough categories, so they’re not perfectly
organized. Let’s get going!
Social Networks
Facebook – I chose to put Facebook first
because not only is it a great source of
traffic, but it is playing an increasingly
paramount factor in determining how a
web page ranks as Google and other
search engines are relying more heavily
on people to do their moderation and
judging of content for them. You can now
seamlessly integrate the Facebook “Like”
button onto your blog so that when
someone reads your content they can
click on this button.
The idea is basically if a lot of people
“Like” something, Google figures that it’s
good content because a lot of people
aren’t going to go to the trouble of liking
something unless it’s quality content.
On Facebook itself you can also tie the
RSS feed of your blog to your Facebook
profile so that every move which you
make is reflected on your page. More and
more people are using Facebook as their
primary or sole internet activity and use it
in place of search engines in some cases,
so you definitely need a page of your own
for your business.
Remember that when someone “Likes”
your Facebook page, your page’s updates
become a part of their personal Facebook
feed, so it’s a great way to remain
connected with people.
Before you can do anything with
Facebook, you need a page for your
website. Check out my post on how to
make a page on Facebook for everything
you need to know.
Twitter – Similar to Facebook, content
which is retweeted frequently is seen as
being of high quality, as well. Twitter is
also a great way to find people who
would be interested in what you are
blogging about at your site and connect
with them; just go to http://
search.twitter.com/ and do a search for
keywords related to your niche. Follow
them, they’ll follow you back most of the
time, and if you tweet good content,
they’ll check out your site. Simple.
Don’t tweet about your own content too
often, or at least mix it up with a healthy
balance of conversational tweets with
other users. Check out my complete
Twitter tutorial for more information on
how to use Twitter to its full potential.
Looking for more followers? Consider
these 12 ways for how to get more
followers on Twitter .
Google Plus – Google Plus is Google’s
addition to the world of social networks.
The same rules apply here as they do with
Facebook; you should have a page on
Google Plus which you can promote on
that network and use to direct people
back to your site. See what is Google Plus
and how it will boost your rankings for
more information.
LinkedIn – This is primarily a business/
professional network with over 100
million users. When other people connect
with you, they’ll see your updates. Create
good content, get good traffic. LinkedIn
groups is a good way to join in
discussions with people in your niche.
You can point back to your content to
answer questions so it’s a great way to
get targeted traffic while looking like an
expert in your niche. See my overview of
how to use LinkedIn for more
information.
Pinterest– Pinterest is like a combination
of other social networking sites and is
also noteworthy for having well over 100
million visitors each month. Pinterest is a
visually focused site and if your “pin” gets
featured on their main site then you’ll see
a lot of traffic coming from it.
Additionally, if your target demographic is
younger, professional women in the
21-35 crowd, this is your network in a big
way as that is far and away their biggest
clientele. See my post on specifically how
to use Pinterest for marketing to get the
most out of this social network.
There are lots of other social networking
sites with new ones cropping up every
day, trying to find their edge to separate
them from the rest and become the next
Facebook. Find one which is specifically
related to your niche and start building a
name for yourself. OR, failing that, why
not head over to SocialGo and create
your own social network. Who knows, you
could have the next Facebook on your
hands.
Video/Image/Multimedia Sites
YouTube - The king of video sites when it
comes to generating website traffic. It’s
easier to make a viral video than a viral
anything else. Remember, good content is
either informative or entertaining… or
both! Remember to list your website’s URL
in both the description and either at the
front or end of the video. Also, you can
create video responses in YouTube to
enjoy some runoff traffic from hugely
popular but relevant videos with tons of
views. Check out this post on how to
make a video response in YouTube for
more info.
Another tactic is to look at the tags which
hugely popular videos in your niche are
using, then take them and add them to
your videos, thus increasing the chances
that your videos will appear in the side
bar for related videos in YouTube and
increasing your chances to enjoy the
hugest videos in your niche’s traffic
runoff.
Remember to embed your videos when
applicable at other sites with the capabily
which you create content for, as well.
See my YouTube SEO post and my online
video marketing tutorial how to get the
most out of video marketing from
YouTube and my 10 YouTube
alternatives .
Vimeo – Vimeo used to trump YouTube’s
video quality ceiling, but now YouTube
allows for 1080p HD quality videos, as
well, so now it’s just another notable
video site to post content to.
iTunes – iTunes is a great place to post
your podcasts if you do those and get
some additional traffic depending on how
you title your content so that some of the
hundreds of millions of iTunes users can
find it.
Scribd – Scribd is a site for uploading
documents like PDFs for people to freely
download. Like other sites, you can
connect your Facebook profile to your
profile here or simply be logged in via
your Facebook profile. Using this
information, Scribd recommends
documents for you to download. Write
great PDFs about your niche, fill them
with links back to your site, and within the
PDF encourage people to share that
document as they like so long as the
content is never altered and you’ll start
seeing the traffic come in.
SlideShare – SlideShare is kind of like
YouTube or any other video site, but the
focus is on slides shows like PowerPoint
presentations. Think about taking your
best performing posts on your site then
turning them into slide shows. You can
add audio to narrate and this can be a
great traffic source to rope people into
checking out further content on your site.
See how to use SlideShare for more
information.
Wikimedia – You can upload a photo of
your own which relates to your niche,
then find a Wikipedia page which relates
to your niche and attach your image as
being related and there you have a new
source of traffic.
Flickr – A lot of webmasters take photos
from Flickr and post them to their sites.
You can leave comments under photos,
so make a quick comment and link to
your post. Just make sure that you are
complying with the TOS which can differ
from one photo to another.
Google/Yahoo/Bing Images – Images are
great for making your site and posts more
aesthetically pleasing, but don’t forget to
make proper use of your alt text tag
when naming your images because this
can be a very lucrative but oftentimes
overlooked source of website traffic within
the major search engines which use the
alt text tag to identify what your image is.
When I was doing a complete Google
Analytics review of all of my sites recently,
I found that almost 2% of the traffic which
I received for one of my sites came as
referrals from Google’s image results.
Considering that it likely takes me 5
seconds to include the alt text tag, it’s
important not to neglect this traffic
source. Check out my post on Google
image ranking to get your image to the
top of Google.
Paid Advertising Traffic
Sources
Facebook Ads – Facebook ads is a great
advertising platform to utilize for your
blog. I recently wrote an entire post on
my own personal Facebook advertising
strategy with a lot of tips for getting
started with Facebook ads and getting the
lowest CPC.
Adwords – Adwords has always been one
of the best ways for getting immediate
targeted traffic to your site. You can get
$75 in free credits for use with Adwords
just for signing up which will help you get
started. The help section for Adwords is
the best authority for learning when it
comes to Adwords. Some people debate
about whether to use Facebook ads or
Adwords. I use them both myself because
they both target very different but
powerful networks. Check out my
complete Google Adwords tips tutorial on
how to get the most out of Adwords while
paying the least to get it.
Bing/Yahoo/MSN Search Marketing –
Same stuff, different networks.
Site Advertising – Don’t forget about site
advertising. Contact the webmasters of
popular and influential sites within and
around your niche and see what kind of
rates they offer for advertising, then give
em your best banner, button, etc.
Affiliates! – A lot of people forget about
this one, but for many webmasters
getting affiliates to promote their sites is
completely applicable. If you have any
kind of product which you are selling then
this is definitely for you. Even if you’re
just looking to send some traffic to a
squeeze page and bolster your email list;
get in touch with some CPA/CPL
networks, list your offer/iron out the
details, and get some affiliates working
for you to promote whatever you have
got. My articles on how to get affiliates
and how to screen affiliates apply here.